Morrisville Wireless Telecommunication Facilities Master Plan - 2013

Wireless Telecommunication Facilities Master Plan - Town of Morrisville, NC – Adopted July 23, 2013

Figure 2: Example of 800 MHz Base Station

Antennas and antenna arrays for wireless telecommunications Antennas can be a receiving and/or transmitting facility. Examples and purposes of antennas include: a single omni-directional (whip) antenna or grouped sectorized (also known as panel antennas). These antennas are used to transmit and/or receive two-way radio, Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio (ESMR), cellular, Personal Communications Service (PCS), or Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR) signals. The single sectionalized or sectionalized panel antenna array is also used for transmitting and receiving cellular, PCS or ESMR wireless telecommunication signals.

Omni-Directional Whip Type Antenna

Sectorized (panel) Antenna Array

Figure 3: Examples of Directional and Panel Antennas

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